The image shows a group of men on the porch of a building labeled "American Hotel." Most are in full-body view, some seated and others standing. A man is standing and reading from a large sheet, surrounded by others. The man reading has shoulder-length hair and wears a formal coat and a tall top hat. The men around him are dressed in 19th-century attire, including long coats, waistcoats, and top hats. Some men are smoking pipes. On the far right, a boy in tattered clothing holds a cup, standing next to a seated man with a bottle. The background features the hotel's wooden exterior, a barrel,…
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Alfred Jones (American, born England, 1819 - 1900)

artist after Richard Caton Woodville (American, 1825 - 1855)

printer J. Dalton (American, active mid-19th century)

publisher American Art-Union (est. 1838 - closed 1852)

1851

Medium
engraving in black on wove paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
image: 52.07 × 46.67 cm (20 1/2 × 18 3/8 in.) ; plate: 63.5 × 56.52 cm (25 × 22 1/4 in.) ; sheet: 72.87 × 60.33 cm (28 11/16 × 23 3/4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Estate of William Woodville, VIII)
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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